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Reaching the hard to reach
Campbell M, Potts M, Bhiwandi P
This article discusses how to provide access to family planning services for, sometimes, inaccessible rural populations.
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RISBibTexAPAThe fifth freedom revisited: II, The way forward
The goal of doubling the number of contraceptive acceptors in the world during the 1990s is achievable if family planning services are made universally accessible and a continuous supply of contraceptives is maintained.
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RISBibTexAPAThe fifth freedom revisited: I, Background and existing programmes
In the 25 years since the late Sir Dugald Baird expounded his ideas on a fifth freedom –freedom from the tyranny of excessive fertility-what has happened to family planning services worldwide? Dr Potts and Professor Rosenfield review the policies that have been adopted and suggest realistic strategies for the future.
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RISBibTexAPAReligion, family planning, and abortion
Potts M, Omran A, Peeters M, Kelly J
Letter to the Lancet
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RISBibTexAPALetter: Funding international family planning
Published in British Medical Journal, 2 26 1994, 308(6928):599
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RISBibTexAPASafety implications of transferring the oral contraceptive from prescription-only to over-the-counter status
US and UK Family planning providers have revived the debate of whether or not to make oral contraceptives (OCs) available over-the-counter.
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RISBibTexAPAThe myth of a male pill
This article discusses progress and limitations in developing a male birth control pill
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RISBibTexAPAThe fertility transition in Cuba and the Federal Republic of Korea: the impact of organised family planning
Journal of Biosocial Science, 1996
South Korea and Cuba are dissimilar in religion, economy, culture and attitudes toward premarital sexual relations. In 1960, Korea instituted a national family planning programme to combat rapid population growth. Cuba explicitly rejected Malthusian policies, but made family planning universally available in 1974 in response to health needs. Both countries have undergone rapid fertility declines and today have less than replacement level fertility. Both countries have also used a similar mixture of methods, including a high prevalence of female sterilisation. Abortion has played a major role in the fertility decline of both countries, rising in the first half of the fertility transition and then falling, although remaining a significant variable in the second half. It is concluded that access to contraception, voluntary sterilisation, and safe abortion has a direct impact on fertility and has been associated with a rapid fall in family size in two very different countries.
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RISBibTexAPAShould oral contraceptives be available without prescription?
Trussell J, Stewart F, Potts M, Guest F, Ellertson C
American Journal of Public Health, 1993
In this paper, it is argued that oral contraceptives should be available without prescription. Prescription status entails heavy costs, including the dollar, time, and psychological costs of visiting a physician to obtain a prescription, the financial and human costs of unintended pregnancies that result from the obstacle to access caused by medicalization of oral contraceptives, and administrative costs to the health care system.
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RISBibTexAPAThe impact of maternal health improvement on perinatal survival: cost-effective alternatives
Walsh J, Measham A, Feifer C, Gertler P
International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 1994
This article explores the impact of maternal health on perinatal survival. When pregnant women have complications, their infants are at greater risk of becoming ill, permanently disabled or dying. Low cost, feasible, and effective intervention strategies include: a) improved family planning and abortion services; b) obstetric care at delivery; and, c) prenatal services.
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